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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

what is held by the same title by two or more persons, whether their rights are equal, as to value or quantity, or unequal. Tenants in common, joint-tenants and partners, hold an undivided right in their respective properties, until partition has been made. The rights of each owner of an undivided thing extends over the whole and every part of it, totum in toto, et totum in qudlibet parte. Vide Partition; Per my et tout.